Well since you mention Amanda Baggs I can guarantee you this, she has read and catalogued more
autistic autobiogs than you are probably aware of, they have been around for longer than you think.
At this current moment I am seeking publication for a collection of papers, no luck yet, before
offering sundry material in the open access journal maelstrom. I refuse to even submit to certain
journals for ethical reasons.
I do know of Jessica Kingsley and the saturation of the market, she is actually very market
oriented. I won't say much more, I'll only condemn myself more than I already have for being the
piece that does not belong in the jigsaw.
You are aware of Frederick Douglass no? he had something to say about playing the part to be
accepted. I don't play that part.
I have every right to make my criticisms and to continue, someone has to do it. (I think I will have
that engraved on my tombstone)
Larry
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> Subject: Autism and Representation
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> Hello All,
> I just want to highlight a couple of points that my computer
> failed to send these relate to the discussions we have had recently:
> Larry - Stuart Murray acknowledges you in his book.
> Also, there are over 50 individually accredited autistic
> autobiographies in the market. They have been published since
> 1986. I think this consitutes a robust enough corpus for
> outsiders to comment on.
> As far as I am aware 50+ is a far larger number than is
> available for any other "impairment group". This is
> supported by the presence of publisher Jessica Kingsley who
> will publish without a clearly defined market if she thinks a
> book ought to be available.Therefore I would tentaitively
> suggest that the market may be at saturation point. However,
> I do think that publishing on the internet offers a viable
> alternative without the generic restrictions you dislike -
> Amanda Baggs autistics.org is a great example. Larry, do you
> have a webiste where you publish your perspective/research?
> As a result of the success of the DPM and 'nothing about us
> without us' both autism and representation conferences held
> in the US in 2005 and UK in 2006 included contributions and
> keynotes from autistics as well as non- autistics and
> academics and non-academics.
> As someone who has read all autistic autobiographies
> available in English I would caution against condemning the
> content of these books along with a dislike of their genre.
> The autobiographies and 'survival guides' that I have read
> are all premised on the call for the need to acknowledge and
> respect perceptual difference and are very effective at
> pointing out the inconsistencies and hypocracies of normative
> behaviours/perspectives.
> Finally, there are probably 50 parental accounts available
> and a substantial number of co-authored autistic and ally
> accounts. Parents have played and continue to play an very
> important part in attaining recognition for their children's
> human rights and their educational and care requirements. All
> in all there is a vast array of writing by and about
> autistics and their families out there that engage with the
> key debates in disability studies that have been reflected in
> our recent exchanges.
> Best wishes,
> Irene.
>
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